Come, LORD! Do not let anyone defy you! Bring the heathen before you and pronounce judgment on them.

You will rise and take pity on Zion; the time has come to have mercy on her; this is the right time.

Then he picked up the knife to kill him.

But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" He answered, "Yes, here I am."

Abraham named that place "The LORD Provides." And even today people say, "On the LORD's mountain he provides."

The LORD will rescue his people when he sees that their strength is gone. He will have mercy on those who serve him, when he sees how helpless they are.

God says, "For a long time I kept silent; I did not answer my people. But now the time to act has come; I cry out like a woman in labor.

How can you say that you are wise and that you know my laws? Look, the laws have been changed by dishonest scribes.

The law is weak and useless, and justice is never done. Evil people get the better of the righteous, and so justice is perverted.

"But now you priests have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has led many to do wrong. You have broken the covenant I made with you.

they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.

Does this mean that by this faith we do away with the Law? No, not at all; instead, we uphold the Law.

For if what God promises is to be given to those who obey the Law, then faith means nothing and God's promise is worthless.